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Players: 13593 10605 24198
Tournaments: 2230 1799 4029
 
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Bonnie Levin 63
Eric Bouvier 62
Mark Knudsen 59
Matthew Terrell 58
Manu Wilmoth Collins 51
Mauricio Garcia 50
Fernanda Mendes 49
David Zsembrovszky 48
Jane Gibb 47
Jia Tian 45
Gustav Svensson 45
Alejandra Graino 43
Silvia Ribeiro 43
Paul Munoz 43
Maya Miguel 43
Siri Bjorkesett 43
Alexandra Moiseeva 43
Anselmo Sigoli 43
Daniela Ribeiro 43
Marija Vojnovic 39
Matt VanZant 39
Mohamad Fitri Salim 39
Jedrzej Brozyniak 37
Giulia Toti 37
Justino Tovela 37
Yann Faure 35
Bamba Aminata 34
Brandon Oswald 34
Chunxia Chen 34
Mykyta Dats 31
Sharon Cohen 30
Benedicta Mawuse 29
Lauris Ochaya 28
Fabrizio Mussa 26
Madison Shields 26
Marco Posada 26
Erikas Makaras 25
Cameron Chadwick 24
Jeneiry Rosario 23
Samuel Vainio 23
Jesse Mann 22
Cole Turnbull 21
Lilli Hohenauer 19
Sebastian Kjemperud 18
Anna-Chiara Reformat 17
Fiona Probst 17
Federico Viscuso 17
Inessa Staver 17
 
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Beach Volleyball History
In 2008
Sean Rosenthal won the AVP HWN Bloomington Hot Winter Nights.
In 2008
Holly McPeak won the AVP HWN Bloomington Hot Winter Nights.
In 2020
Lauren Fendrick and Sara Hughes won the FIVB Siem Reap Two Star.  It was the 10th win for Lauren Fendrick, the 9th win for Sara Hughes, and the 1st win for the team.
 
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2/8/2026
Duos from Australia and Romania snatch first Beach Pro Tour golds
Australia’s Solomon Bushby & Justin Schumann and Romania’s Beata Vaida & Francesca Alupei marched through the first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event of the year undefeated to snatch the Mount Maunganui Futures gold medals, the first ones ever on the tour for each of these two pairs. Two United States teams completed the men’s podium in New Zealand. Gage Basey & Thomas Hurst earned silver...

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2/7/2026
Duos from USA, Japan, Romania, Australia and New Zealand to battle for year’s first Beach Pro Tour medals
The first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event of the year is approaching its climax. Three teams from the United States, two from Japan and one each from Australia, Romania and host nation New Zealand reached the semifinals of the Mount Maunganui Futures. The semis and the medal matches will be played on Sunday, February 8, and will be streamed live on the Beach Volleyball World YouTube channel.

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2/5/2026
A Breakdown of the 2026 AVP Season
The 2026 season introduces League stops in Belmar, New Jersey; Aspen, Colorado; and Las Vegas, Nevada, while continuing to showcase the sport in established markets like Miami, Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, and Chicago. For fans, that means more variety, more unique venues, and a League schedule that continues to adapt while delivering compelling competition at the highest level of the sport.

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Ahmed Tijan: How fatherhood changed me
Ahmed Tijan needs little or no introduction in the world of volleyball. Since 2018, the beach volleyball star has alongside his long-term partner Cherif Younousse, put Qatar on the global map with their terrific performances notably the bronze medal feat in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Their impressive resumé also features a fourth-place finish in the Olympic Games Paris 2024...

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Melissa Humana-Paredes and Esteban Grimalt feature at Milano Cortina 2026 fashion show
Olympic beach volleyball silver medallist Melissa Humana-Paredes of Canada and three-time Olympian Esteban Grimalt of Chile were among the athletes featured at a fashion show in Milan during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. The fashion show was held at Clubhouse 26, the official hospitality venue in Milan, and was hosted by the International Olympic Committee.

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Empowerment coach Marcio Araujo lifts Cape Verde’s beach volleyball to new heights in more ways than one
The development of beach volleyball in Cape Verde has marked solid all-around progress in recent years, ever since it started receiving much needed support from the FIVB Volleyball Empowerment program, and especially since the arrival of coach Marcio Henrique Barroso Araujo, a legendary Brazilian athlete, an Olympic silver medalist at Beijing 2008 and a winner of three...

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2/3/2026
New Zealand’s 2026 national tour serves off at Lake Karapiro
The 2026 GJ Gardner Homes New Zealand Beach Tour served off with its first event of the season, held last week at Lake Karapiro. The first women’s gold of the year went to seventh-seeded Non Matsumoto & Ren Matsumoto of Japan. In Sunday’s final, they mastered a convincing 2-0 (21-14, 21-11) upset of top-seeded Shaunna Polley & Olivia MacDonald. In the third-place playoff...

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FIVB Beach Volleyball Commission sets sights on innovation and growth in 2026
The FIVB Beach Volleyball Commission met recently to review key developments, the 2026 competition calendar and ongoing strategic initiatives aimed at advancing the sport worldwide. The meeting opened with remarks from FIVB President Fabio Azevedo, followed by Commission President Craig Carracher, who welcomed members and reflected on a landmark year for beach volleyball.

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Mar 4-8, 2026 FIVB BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar, India M US$125,000
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